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CHARLES KOSSBIEL, OF OUERO, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,962, dated November11, 1884.

Application filed June 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES KOSSBIEL, ofGuero, in the county of De \Vitt and State of Texas, have invented a newand Improved Table, of .which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to tables; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved table. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe same, showing it raised and projected laterally. Fig.- 3 is an endview of the same, showing it raised and adjusted as a reading-desk; Fig,4-, an end view of the ,same, showing it lowered and adjusted as atoilet-table.

The table A is provided on the under surface of its bottom with alongitudinal central dovetailed track-plate, B, which fits into alongitudinal dovetail groove in a plate, 0, held on the upper end of aspindle, D. The track-plate B can slide longitudinally in the groovedplate 0, which is provided with a binding-screw, F, for locking thetrack-plateB in position on the grooved plate 0. The spindle D passesinto the top of a tubular standard, G, supported by a suitable base orseries of legs, H, of any desired shape or style. The spindle can bescrew-threaded, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the interior of thetubular standard must be provided with a screwthread, or the spindle canbe provided with a series of grooves forming downwardly-beveled annularshoulders d, in which case the tubular standard must be provided with aspring-catch, J, the free end of the. springcatch projecting through anaperture in the standard so that it can engage with the shoulders d. Thespring-catch J is provided at its free end with a button, J, for pullingit outward. If the spindle D is provided with the shoulders d oranalogous devices, the upper ends of the legs H, or arms H, provided inplace of the upper ends of the legs H, must be provided withupwardly-projecting pins K,

adapted to pass into apertures in the bottom of the plate 0, for thepurpose of holding the table steady and in place when it is lowered. Thetop plate, L, of the table is hinged at its under side, and near onelongitudinal edge,to the ends of two arms, M, pivoted at the oppositeends to the inner surfaces of the end pieces of the table at the endsopposite the ones at which the hinged end of the top plate is located.Both longitudinal edges can thus be swung upward. In one case it swingson the hinges connecting the arms M with the plate L, as shown in Fig.3, and in the other case it swings on the pivots of the arms M. Bracesor struts N are pivoted in the upper edges of the end pieces of thetable, and are adapted to be folded into longitudinal grooves in theupper edges of the said end pieces. The top plate, L, is provided in itsunder side and near the ends with a row of apertures, g, for receivingthe free ends of the pivoted struts N; or, in place of the saidapertures, it can be provided with racks. WVhen the plate L and the armsM, hinged thereto, are turned upward together on the points of the armsM, they are supported in an inclined position by the struts N, the upperends of which abut against the lower faces of the arms M and support theplate L in a reverse position from that shown in Fig. 3. A mirror, 0, issecured to the under side of the top plate. The top plate is provided onthe front edgethat is, the edge of which the arms M are pivoted toitwith clips 1?,which fit in recesses in the edge of the top plate, andcan be turned upward to prevent the book or paper from sliding off thetop plate. Au arm, Q, is pivoted to the inner surface of the rearlongitudinal piece of the table.

The operation is as follows: The table can be adjusted vertically byturning the screwspindle, or it can be drawn upward, and will be held inposition by the springcatch J, which catches on the shoulders d. If thetable is to be used at a sick-bed, it can be projected laterally bydrawing the table-top in the direction in which it is to project, thetrack-plate B sliding in the grooved plate 0. The table-top can belocked in the desired position by means of the binding-screw F. The

table can thus be adjusted to project partly over a bed, sofa, &c., soas to be very convenient for the person on the bed, sofa, &c. If thetable is to be adapted as a reading-desk, 5 the top plate, L, is swungupward and is held at the desired inclination by the pivoted struts N.The clips P are turned up to prevent the book, 850., from sliding off.If the table is to be adjusted as a writing-desk, the arm Q is swungupward and the free end of the top plate, L, is rested on the said arm.If the table is to be adjusted as a toilet-table, the top plate, L, isswung upward until it rests vertically on the upper edge of the frontlongi- 15 tudinal piece of the table-top, the top plate being held inthis position by the arms M.

The table can be provided with a drawer or can be divided intocompartments.

CHARLES KOSSBIEL.

WVitnesses:

A. F. PALMIE, H. STOEVESANDT.

